Selah
Girl name · Hebrew origin
Selah meaning
to hang, implying to weigh, to measure
Selah at a glance
- Used as
- Girl name
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Latest U.S. rank (girl)
- #280 in 2024
Selah popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1990 | #7,302 | 11 |
| 2000 | #1,542 | 116 |
| 2010 | #642 | 460 |
| 2020 | #425 | 722 |
| 2024 | #280 | 1,122 |
All 54 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,802 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,291 | 6 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1976 | #8,157 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1979 | #6,695 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1984 | #9,145 | 6 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,856 | 16 |
| 1988 | #7,692 | 9 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,302 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1995 | #2,932 | 40 |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1998 | #2,756 | 48 |
| 1999 | #1,654 | 100 |
| 2000 | #1,542 | 116 |
| 2001 | #1,506 | 124 |
| 2002 | #1,275 | 154 |
| 2003 | #1,195 | 179 |
| 2004 | #1,229 | 179 |
| 2005 | #940 | 263 |
| 2006 | #832 | 324 |
| 2007 | #833 | 344 |
| 2008 | #772 | 380 |
| 2009 | #694 | 419 |
| 2010 | #642 | 460 |
| 2011 | #575 | 506 |
| 2012 | #527 | 574 |
| 2013 | #538 | 552 |
| 2014 | #539 | 577 |
| 2015 | #461 | 690 |
| 2016 | #462 | 688 |
| 2017 | #456 | 694 |
| 2018 | #432 | 732 |
| 2019 | #443 | 701 |
| 2020 | #425 | 722 |
| 2021 | #380 | 822 |
| 2022 | #358 | 884 |
| 2023 | #301 | 1,024 |
| 2024 | #280 | 1,122 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: Wiktionary contributors, “Selah” (revision 87653577), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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